Red Hot Chili Peppers
Higher Ground (12' Vocal Mix)
Bassist - Flea
Original Composition by Stevie Wonder
This tab is NOT perfect because I'm just not skilled enough to hear all the notes Flea plays.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Eb tuning.
Verse:
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------5---------------------------|
Ab|7-7--xxxx5--x5-5h7-7--xxxx--x5-5h7--------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Lead-in:
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------5--------4------4s7---------|
Ab|7-7--xxxx5--x5-5h7 7--xxxx--x5-5h7--------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Fill before Chorus:
(Something like this)
(Very fast)
Gb|x9977----------|
Db|-----997757----|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|
Chorus:
Gb|------------------------|
Db|-----------------5------|
Ab|---------7-7-x5h7--7-5--|
Eb|5-5xx3h5----------------|
Fill after Chorus:
(There are more notes than this but I can't pick them all out)
(Very fast)
Gb|s12--------------------------------|
Db|----14-12--------------------------|
Ab|----------14-12-10-7-5-------------|
Eb|-----------------------7-5-3-------|
Bass solo:
(Flea messes with the syncopation a lot here, this is mostly right, but still not perfect)
Gb|----9-x-x---------7-9-7--------9-x-x-------7-6-7-x----|
Db|----------------9-------------------------------------|
Ab|5s7x---x--x5s7x--x-x-x-----5s7x---x--5s7x---x-x-x-----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----9-x-x---------7-9-7-------------------------------|
Db|----------------9------------5x-----------------------|
Ab|5s7x---x--x5s7x--x-x-x---5x4---5----------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------5-3-0----------------|
(This part is mostly ghost notes)
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------(5)x0-x-x-----------------5-5-5-5-------|
Ab|-----(5)x--5h7-----------------(5)x 5h7---------------|
Eb|(0)x---------------x-x----(0)x------------------------|
Gb|----------------6-7-6-7-------|
Db|-----------5h7x--x-x-x--------|
Ab|-----(5)x---------------------|
Eb|(0)x--------------------------|
Gb|------------------12-14-12-12------------------12-12h14p12-----|
Db|----14-14--12h14x---x--x--x--x-----14-14--12h14----------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|12-x--x------------------------12-x--x-------------------------|
Gb|------------------12-14-12--s15-14-12h14p12-----------|
Db|----14-14--12h14x---x--x--x----------------14-12------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|12-x--x-----------------------------------------------|